Store front construction



Patented Sept. 28, 1937 Man STORE. FRONT CONSTRUCTION Donald D. Williams, Whiting, Ind.

Application March 20, 1936, Serial No. 69,820

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in store front construction, but more specifically to improved means for holding a sheet of glass in position.

In store front constructions of this character, there is usually provided a clamping plate which contacts one face of the glass, and this plate is generally continuous, being held in position by screws spaced at regular intervals.

It sometimes happens that with such an arrangement it is difiicult to fit the plates, and if the openings for the anchor screws do not happen to be properly spaced or arranged with respect to the uprights, the ends of the plate will not be anchored, and it is necessary to drill or form other openings, which is time-consuming, and is more expensive to install. Furthermore, the outer cover strip or face sash is anchored by means of screws or fastening devices which pass through both, the screws being at all times exposed to view, which is objectionable and detracts from the appearance of the finish of the work.

Furthermore, with previous constructions of this character, the window glass can be placed into position or removed, only from the outside.

To overcome all of these objections and difficulties, and to: provide improved means for securing or holding the glass in position, is one of the objects of the present invention.

A further object is to provide in a structure of this character an improved adjustable, independent clip or lug, and an independent resilient back member which co-operate to hold the glass in 1 position.

A further object is to provide an improved construction of this character in which the face sash may be placed in position either before or after the glass has been positioned, and the glass may be inserted or positioned from either the inside or the outside.

A further object is to provide an improved construction of this character in which all fastening or anchoring devices or screws are concealed from view.

Tov the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of a structure of this character, constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 isa detail sectional View taken on line 2-2 of Figures 1 and 3, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a detail, horizontal, sectional view, 5 partly broken away, as taken on line 3-3, Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the sash construction embodies the usual bulk head or sill it, which constitutes the bottom support for the window. A rear support or back stop II is mounted upon the sill Hi, with its front edge spaced or set back from the front edge of the sill, and this back stop is removably secured in position in any suitable manner, such as by means of fastening screws i2 passing therethrough and into the sill i0.

Supported by the sill it and in front of the back stop H, is a clip or lug i3 which is of substantial width, and is held in position by means go of a screw or fastening device M passing through the bottom of the clip and by means of which screw or fastening device, the clip may be adjustably secured in'any. desired position. This clip is formed of any suitable material, but is preferably formed of extruded metal having a base in which an opening 5 5 is provided, through which the screw M passes.

Arranged at the front edge of the base I3 is an upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion i6 terminating in an upright portion H, which latter may be of substantial length.

The bottom of the clip may be inclined to the vertical, for a purpose to be set forth, and at the junction of the base plate 53 andthe inclined portion iii, the body portion of the clip is enlarged as at it and provided with a seat or recess l9 opening downwardly through the base thereof.

A metal face sash 26 of any desired construction and configuration is provided with a base portion 2i having an enlarged portion 22 at the rear edge thereof. This portion 22 is. preferably convexed and is adapted to be seated in the recess IS in the portion N3 of the clip E3.

Along the upper edge of the face sash 20 is provided a downwardly projecting flange 23, the face sash engaging over the upper portion I! of the clip, while the flange 23 engages the rear face of the portion ll of the clip.

With this construction and when the clip 53 and face sash are in position, the rear face of the flange 23 will engage the outer face of the glass 25, so that when the screw l is placed in position, the flange 23 of the face sash will be forced by the portions l6 and l! of the clip 55 against a rear or back member disposed between the back stop H and the other face of the glass 24.

By inclining the bottom of the clip I3 with respect to the vertical, the tendency of the screw or fastening device I4 is to cause the clip l3 to rock slightly on the pivot formed by the edge 22 of the face sash and the portion l8 of the clip, and this will force the glass I6 against a back member 25.

If desired, a metal sill cover 26 may be provided between the sill I6 and the bottom 2| of the metal face sash and the bottom of the clip 13, which sill cover may project for any desired distance beyond the front edge of the sill, the extremity of the sill cover being preferably curved downwardly or shaped in any other manner so that its edge will contact with the front edge of the sill ID.

When this sill cover 26 is employed, it may be fastened by means of the screws [4 which pass through the opening l in the base of the clip and also through an opening 28 in the sill cover.

The sill cover 26 may be provided with an upright flange 29 along its rear edge which abuts the front edge of the back stop II.

If desired, a metal back plate 36 may be provided adjacent the front face of the back stop H, the latter portion of the plate 36 being provided with an offset 3|, to form a shoulder which is disposed over the edge of the upright flange 29, and the extremity 32 of the back plate 36 will stand adjacent the front of the flange 29 and rest upon the sill cover 26.

The back member 25 is of a resilient construction, and may be formed in any desired or suitable manner, preferably by means of a continuous strip of resilient material of any desired width and gauge. This back member is preferably formed by corrugating a strip of resilient or spring material, the corrugations being spaced for a substantial distance from each other to provide a resilient or spring member, which is adapted to fit into the space between the back face of the member 24 and the front face of the back stop I l, or the back plate 30, if the latter is employed.

This back member 25 may be held in position in any desired or suitable manner, but preferably by means of fastening devices, such as nails or brads 33, each having a head 34, and which brads may be driven into the back stop I I through slots or apertures 35 in the back member 25. The slots 35 permit of a resilient or springing movement of the back member 25.

The glass 24 is supported in any suitable manner, preferably by means of supporting blocks 36 arranged at suitable points, and which rest upon the sill cover 26. Any number of these supports 36 may be employed, and they are disposed in the concavities of the corrugated back member 25, as shown more clearly in Figure 3.

With this improved construction it will be manifest that the clips l3 may be arranged at any desired point throughout the length or width of the sill or of the uprights, or any portion of the supporting frame and being held in position by means of the fastening screws [4, they may be adjusted after the window glass 24 is placed in position so as to insure a tight fit or a gripping of the window glass.

The clips force the glass back against the resilient back member 25 and being arranged at any desired point, it will be manifest that varying degrees of pressure may be exerted upon the glass, if desired, at different points, or if in the process of manufacture the glass should not be perfectly even or level, the individual and adjustably mounted clips may be positioned to compensate any irregularity in the glass.

With this construction it will also be manifest that the metal face sash and the clips may be secured in position either before or after the glass 24 has been positioned. If they are secured in position before the glass is positioned, the glass may be inserted from the inside.

In the insertion of the glass, the resilient back member 25 may be secured to the back stop ll either before or after the glass is positioned.

The back stop I I may be moved backwardly by removing the screws l2 and by withdrawing the fastening devices 32 by tilting the back stop H, and this will permit of the removal of the resilient back member 25.

Obviously, any form of resilient back member, suitable for the purpose, may be employed, and if desired, a flashing 3'! may be provided to cover the open space in which the resilient back member 25 is located. This flashing 31 may be of any desired construction and may be held in position in any suitable manner. A suitable and efiicient means for accomplishing this result comprises a flange 38 on the flashing member adapted to engage under a flange 39 on the back plate 30.

With this improved construction it will be manifest that the face sash 20 may be placed in position after the glass is in position or the face sash may remain in position and the glass inserted into position from the inside, by removing the back stop H and then inserting the resilient back member 25 as an independent member, or this resilient back member may be attached to the back stop before the latter is placed in position.

It will also be manifest that with this invention a simplified construction is provided incorporating the adjustable independent clips or lugs 13, and an independent resilient back member 25.

It will also be manifest that the face sash will be arranged adjacent one face of the glass and that the glass will be pressed by means of the clips or lugs I3 against the resilient back member 25, thereby holding the glass in a rigid position.

While the preferred form of the invention has been herein shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is:-

1. A store front construction embodying a clamping clip, said clip embodying a base adapted to extend beneath the marginal edge of a glass pane and an upwardly and rearwardly inclined wall, the upper end of said wall disposed adjacent the outer face of said pane, fastening means passing through the base only of the clip into a support, a wall on the other side of and spaced from the glass pane, and resilient means 'disposed in the space between the said back wall'and the adjacent face of the glass pane and cooperating with the said wall of the clip for holding the glass in position, said resilient means comprising a strip of narrow comparatively thin corrugated material, the corrugations extending across the strip transverse to the length thereof, the width of the strip being substantially parallel with the adjacent face of said pane. and said corrugations being open at their ends, thereby affording free access to said fastening means, whereby the latter may be inserted either before or after the pane is in position, and also be removed while the pane is in position.

2. A store front construction embodying a clamping clip, said clip embodying a base adapted to extend across a marginal edge of a glass pane and an upwardly and rearwardly inclined wall disposed adjacent the outer face of said pane, the base of the clip extending for a substantial distance beyond the inner face of the pane, fastening means passing through the base only of the clip into a support, a wall on the inner side of and spaced from the glass pane, and resilient means disposed in the space between the said back wall and the adjacent face of the glass pane and co-operating with the said wall of the clip for holding the glass in position, the said resilient means forming corrugations extending across the base of the clip and affording access to the fastening means, whereby the said fastening means may be inserted either before or after the pane has been positioned.

3. A store front construction embodying a clamping clip, said clip embodying a base adapted to extend across a marginal edge of a glass pane, an upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion disposed adjacent the outer face of said pane, the base of the clip extending for a substantial distance beyond the inner face of the pane, a fastening device passing through the base only of the clip into a support, a wall on the inner side of and spaced from the glass pane, and resilient means disposed in the space between the said back wall and the adjacent face of the glass pane and cooperating with the said portion of the clip for holding the pane in position, the said resilient means forming corrugations extending across the the base of the clip and affording free access to the said fastening device whereby the latter may be inserted either before or after the pane has been positioned, and an outer strip or facing engaging over and passing behind the upper edge of the said portion of the clip, the lower edge of the said facing engaging under the base of said clip.

4. A store front construction embodying a clamping clip, said clip embodying a base adapted to extend across a marginal edge of a glass pane, an upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion disposed adjacent the outer face of said pane, the base of the clip extending for a substantial distance beyond the inner face of the pane, a fastening device passing through the base only of the clip into a support, a wall on the inner side of and spaced from the glass pane, and resilient means disposed in the space between the said back wall and the adjacent face of the glass pane and co-operating with the said portion of the clip for holding the pane in position, means for removably securing said resilient means in position, the said resilient means forming corrugations extending across the base of the clip and affording free access to the said fastening device whereby the latter may be inserted either before or after the pane has been positioned, and an outer strip or facing engaging over and passing behind the upper edge of the said portion of the clip, the lower edge of the said facing engaging under the base of said clip.

- DONALD D. WILLIAMS. 

